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WASHINGTON: US President George W Bush telephoned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday to discuss joint efforts to forge ahead on the Indo-US nuclear deal, the White House said.
"Both leaders expressed their desire to see the US-India civil nuclear issue move forward as expeditiously as possible," US National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said in a statement.
Bush told Singh "he looks forward to continuing to work with his government to strengthen the United States India strategic relationship," Johndroe said, adding that they had also discussed stalled World Trade Organizations talks.
Bush and Singh "discussed the importance of all leading WTO members making contributions to a breakthrough that will put the Doha Round negotiations on a path to conclude an ambitious agreement before the end of the year," Johndroe said.
The telephone conversation came ahead of Bush's White House talks on Monday with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan, India's neighbour and nuclear rival.
The United States and India have been working to secure the international support necessary for their controversial nuclear cooperation agreement, reached in 2005, to win approval.
India said on Thursday it was sending out envoys to lobby for the final international clearances, a diplomatic offensive coming after the UPA government survived a hard-fought confidence vote in Parliament sparked by Left's opposition to the pact.
Bush, PM agree to forge ahead on nuke deal-USA-World-The Times of India
"Both leaders expressed their desire to see the US-India civil nuclear issue move forward as expeditiously as possible," US National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said in a statement.
Bush told Singh "he looks forward to continuing to work with his government to strengthen the United States India strategic relationship," Johndroe said, adding that they had also discussed stalled World Trade Organizations talks.
Bush and Singh "discussed the importance of all leading WTO members making contributions to a breakthrough that will put the Doha Round negotiations on a path to conclude an ambitious agreement before the end of the year," Johndroe said.
The telephone conversation came ahead of Bush's White House talks on Monday with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan, India's neighbour and nuclear rival.
The United States and India have been working to secure the international support necessary for their controversial nuclear cooperation agreement, reached in 2005, to win approval.
India said on Thursday it was sending out envoys to lobby for the final international clearances, a diplomatic offensive coming after the UPA government survived a hard-fought confidence vote in Parliament sparked by Left's opposition to the pact.
Bush, PM agree to forge ahead on nuke deal-USA-World-The Times of India
